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Film / 2011
Vares: Garter Snake
Directed by
Lauri Törhönen
In the heat of the night, a man from faraway plays the piano. In the local hillside prison, a bitter double-crossed convict stares at the city life over the roofs. A revenge is brewing in his mind; the blood-thirsty killer prepares his escape. Vares gets a client who needs private investigations. Despite the beautiful wife, Vares smells a rat... In the middle of the summer night, a shot rings out. One life comes to an …
The story
In the heat of the night, a man from faraway plays the piano. In the local hillside prison, a bitter double-crossed convict stares at the city life over the roofs. A revenge is brewing in his mind; the blood-thirsty killer prepares his escape. Vares gets a client who needs private investigations. Despite the beautiful wife, Vares smells a rat... In the middle of the summer night, a shot rings out. One life comes to an end and Vares finds changes in his assignment. The clues lead him to first-hand encounters and second-hand bookshops; a visit to the gym reveals a drug-smuggling route from Stockholm... Vares finds himself entangled in hot money and cool silk. In the background slithers a cunning garter snake.
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Vares Collection
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Cast
Antti ReiniJussi Vares
Eppu SalminenJuhani Luusalmi
Jasper PääkkönenKyypakkaus
Maria JärvenhelmiAnna Huttunen
Ilkka HeiskanenMarkku Hautavainio
Katja KiuruInga Näs
Carl-Kristian RundmanPauli Kontio
Matti OnnismaaPastori Alanen
Mikko LeppilampiRuuhio
Rebecca ViitalaAnnika Kontio
Petri ManninenTorsten Rapp
Ari WirtaVoitto "Vode" Fjäder
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Ilkka VilliJesus Maria Lobo
Panu VauhkonenLeevi Rönkkö
Sökö KaukorantaKorsio
Markku ToikkaAarno Wasenius
Laura EloKaunispää
Vesa WallgrenKunkku
Jari JärvimaaRakkolainen
Juho MarkkanenRolf Meronen, "Nero"
Tapio KorpelaKorpela
Heikki KustilaRislakki
Johan FröbergGustafsson
Petteri TakkinenLasse Tanskanen
Risto NurmioHevonneva
Valtteri LipastiVankilan ruokalan annostelija
Ami Missi-SandelinAnna, nainen Uudessa Apteekissa
Hanna LahtinenJohanna, nainen Uudessa Apteekissa
Timo UusikyläFjäderin naapuri
Peter NymanUutistenlukija televisiossa
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